BELENSKI v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 92161-0.

378 P.3d 176 (2016)

Mike BELENSKI, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, a Washington State political subdivision, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed September 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Belenski, P.O. Box 1132 Poulsbo, WA, 98370, Appearing Pro Se.

David W. Alvarez , Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney's O, 223 E 4th St. Suite 11, Port Angeles, WA, 98362-3000, Jeffrey Scott Myers , Law Lyman Daniel Kamerrer et al, P.O. Box 11880, Olympia, WA, 98508-1880, Counsel for Respondent.

Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard , Allied Law Group LLC, P.O. Box 33744, Seattle, WA, 98133-0744, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, Olympian, Bellingham Herald, News Tribune, Tri-city Herald, Washington Coalition for Open Government.

Daniel Brian Heid , City of Auburn, 25 W Main St., Auburn, WA, 98001-4998, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Sara J. Di Vittorio , Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, 3000 Rockefeller Ave # Ms504, Everett, WA, 98201-4046, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.


¶ 1 Washington's Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, allows citizens broad access to public records and provides a cause of action to challenge inadequate responses to records requests. When Mike Belenski requested certain records from Jefferson County (County), the County responded...

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